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: I am running: Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600].: : When I try to access the A drive in DOS, weird stuff happens.: The A drive works perfectly in Windows.: Try the Windows messageboard. This is the MS-DOS messageboard; WinXP is not DOS.

: I am running: Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600].: : When I try to access the A drive in DOS, weird stuff happens.: The A drive works perfectly in Windows.: : C:>cd a:: : C:>: : It reads from the floppy and kicks me back to the previous directory.: I know that the floppy is itself working because I accessed a : document on it.: : C:>edit a:whatever.doc: : This allowed me to edit the doc in the DOS editor.: : It does something similar when I try to access the f drive,: my Iomega Zip 250. This drive also works perfectly in Windows.: : C:>cd f:: : C:>: : It won't read from the Zip disk at all.: Anyone know what I should do to access to the A and F drives in DOS?:

You don't use cd - that means Change Dir and you don't have a dir on your hard disk that is called a:, have you?So you type [blue]a:[/blue] to switch to drive a and then [blue]cd games[/blue] to go to a:games.Or, from C:, you type [blue]dir a:games[/blue] to show the contents of a:games.

: I am running: Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600].: : When I try to access the A drive in DOS, weird stuff happens.: The A drive works perfectly in Windows.: : C:>cd a:: : C:>: : It reads from the floppy and kicks me back to the previous directory.: I know that the floppy is itself working because I accessed a : document on it.: : C:>edit a:whatever.doc: : This allowed me to edit the doc in the DOS editor.: : It does something similar when I try to access the f drive,: my Iomega Zip 250. This drive also works perfectly in Windows.: : C:>cd f:: : C:>: : It won't read from the Zip disk at all.: Anyone know what I should do to access to the A and F drives in DOS?: